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Conference Paper: Research funding’s ‘endorsement effect’ on scientific boundary work and research production: government legitimization of alternative medicine
Title | Research funding’s ‘endorsement effect’ on scientific boundary work and research production: government legitimization of alternative medicine |
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Issue Date | 2018 |
Citation | International Conference on Innovation Studies 2017 (ICIS2017), Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 26-27 June 2017 How to Cite? |
Abstract | This article demonstrates how science and technology policy can have an ‘endorsement effect’ that legitimizes and increases the salience of scientific research areas. The validation and increased attention provided by state funding policies can support the discursive boundary work of interested parties as they seek to situate research fields within mainstream science. Increased validity and attention can subsequently lead to increased research activity, above and beyond that funded by the state. This article demonstrates the endorsement effect by examining how the founding of the NIH’s Office of Alternative Medicine affected both the discourse surrounding the legitimacy of alter- native medicine, and the production of alternative medicine-related patents. The existence of this endorsement effect suggests that policymakers should consider both the direct effects that innovation policy might have on researchers’ incentives as well as the endorsement effects it can have on the research system. |
Description | Hosted by the Research Center for Technological Innovation, Tsinghua University |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/254897 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Whalen, RSM | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-21T01:08:18Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2018-06-21T01:08:18Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | International Conference on Innovation Studies 2017 (ICIS2017), Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 26-27 June 2017 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/254897 | - |
dc.description | Hosted by the Research Center for Technological Innovation, Tsinghua University | - |
dc.description.abstract | This article demonstrates how science and technology policy can have an ‘endorsement effect’ that legitimizes and increases the salience of scientific research areas. The validation and increased attention provided by state funding policies can support the discursive boundary work of interested parties as they seek to situate research fields within mainstream science. Increased validity and attention can subsequently lead to increased research activity, above and beyond that funded by the state. This article demonstrates the endorsement effect by examining how the founding of the NIH’s Office of Alternative Medicine affected both the discourse surrounding the legitimacy of alter- native medicine, and the production of alternative medicine-related patents. The existence of this endorsement effect suggests that policymakers should consider both the direct effects that innovation policy might have on researchers’ incentives as well as the endorsement effects it can have on the research system. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | International Conference on Innovation Studies | - |
dc.title | Research funding’s ‘endorsement effect’ on scientific boundary work and research production: government legitimization of alternative medicine | - |
dc.type | Conference_Paper | - |
dc.identifier.email | Whalen, RSM: whalen@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Whalen, RSM=rp02307 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 285367 | - |